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Steve Tilson has Southend on the up and up

Southend 3 Crewe 0

It is almost a year since Southend United knocked Manchester United out of the Carling Cup and since then little has gone right for the Essex club. Relegation from the Championship arrived in May, after a season of struggle, and any hopes of making an immediate impact back in League One has not gone quite to plan.

"All of a sudden you want to make sure the slide does not escalate," said Southend's manager Steve Tilson. "We did not have a fantastic start. Coming down from the Championship, people have massive expectations and it is probably tougher (to regain promotion). You look at some of the clubs such as Swansea and Nottingham Forest and the money being thrown at them."

And then afternoons such as these come along. Southend won this match at a canter to climb into the top four and reestablish their promotion credentials against a Crewe team